Opinion
If It’s Not One Thing. . .
The old saying about North Carolina no longer applies: we’re not a vale of humility between two mountains of conceit.
Opinion
Couldn’t Have Said It Better. . .
This is the time to stand up to the sweet seductions of special interests, the temptations of politically popular pork barrel spending, and end the practice of backroom dealing.
Opinion
Why Governors Question The Bailout
The nation’s far-sighted governors are exercising caution about a federal “bailout” of their states, while certain myopic chief executives are making jokes.
Opinion
It’s Just Pat!
The question on some editorialists’ minds has been: Is he or isn’t he one of them? You know, a conservative Republican (eek!)
News
N.C. Dormant on Abortion Bills
RALEIGH — The 2007-08 session of the General Assembly adjourned with half a dozen pro-life bills left on the table, but states neighboring North Carolina considered or passed several similar bills during the same period, making the Tar Heel State a standout in the Southeast in blocking debate on abortion-related measures.
Opinion
Not Quite At The Bottom
It will no doubt please the dogged defenders of North Carolina’s embattled governor to learn that Mike Easley is not the least-popular governor in the South.
News
CO2 Alarmists Bankroll CCS
RALEIGH — The Center for Climate Strategies, which is using funds from foundations that promote carbon-dioxide constraints because of global-warming fears, is influencing government climate-change policy in several states, including North Carolina.
Opinion
A Tale of Two States
Dickens once proclaimed: "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness." The governors of the two Carolinas try to prove him right.
Opinion
Political correctness in textbooks
LENOIR — Almost all literature created before 1970 does indeed have girls and boys, women and men, speaking and acting in pre-1970 stereotypical ways. Consider any fairy tale, any classic. Moreover, African-Americans and Native Americans were ignored or portrayed stereotypically.
Opinion
Lindalyn’s Journal
These are exciting times for school choice supporters. Last week, I had the opportunity to attend one of several meetings in South Carolina hosted by the SC Policy Council (and other policy organizations).
Opinion
Easley’s Prospects Aren’t “Pretty Good”
A new poll for the Raleigh N&O puts Gov. Easley's approval rating below 50 percent -- again. And the result was spun as good news for Easley -- again.
Opinion
States Want Cash from DC
State governments have a combined $17.5 billion deficit this year, and want Washington to bail them out. North Carolina is in a different boat — but ours is sinking, too, just not this year.
